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Google Apps Inaccessible to Blind Students, Group Argues | News & Opinion | PCMag.com - 2 views

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shared by Erin Hunt on 30 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • New York University and Northwestern University recently adopted Google Apps for Educa
  • tion, transitioning their e-mail systems and collaborative tools into the Google-based cloud.
  • The NFB contends that Google Apps "contains significant accessibility barriers for blind people utilizing screen ac
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  • cess technology, which converts what is on the computer screen into synthesized spee
  • ch or Braille."
  • This violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, NFB said.
  • Erin Hunt on 30 Jan 12
     
    This article from PCMag.com discusses the adoption of Google Apps for Education at New York University and Northwestern University. The adoption is being challenged by the National Federation for the Blind, because of its inaccessibility to visually impaired and blind individuals on these campuses. 
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